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Advocating for The LGBTI Human Rights with Alexus D’Marco

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Meet Alexus D’Marco, a human rights defender and a self-identified transwoman living in the Bahamas. She has a love for helping others through her advocacy work in the Caribbean region for marginalized groups like the LGBTI community.

In this episode, Alexus shares her gender identity journey that started as a child and how she navigated it to find her true self. She talks about the discrimination challenges that trans people in the Caribbean region are still facing today.

Listen in to learn why trans and intersex people need to be recognized and afforded their basic human rights.

Episode Timeline:

  • [0:52] Get to know Alexus and her passion for human rights defending.
  • [1:43] She talks about her self-identity journey and the challenges she faced with family and society.
  • [4:17] The difference between sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • [6:27] How trans people are discriminated against within the LGBTI community and how that’s changing in the Bahamas.
  • [7:53] Alexus struggles as a conflicted teenager and how she navigated that to become a better adult.
  • [10:04] Why she decided to advocate for the human rights of other trans and intersex people in the Caribbean region.
  • [12:18] The importance of social justice to protect the LGBTI people against the Gay Panic Defense.
  • [14:15] The progress they’re making towards gender identity recognition in the Bahamas.
  • [15:07] The discrimination that trans people go through at the workplace, which leads them to still live below the poverty line.
  • [16:03] Alexus’ goals of seeing trans people being recognized without discrimination.

    • Relevant Links:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexus-d-marco-809303102/

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